In a shocking incident, a man allegedly thrashed his 70-year-old mother and tied her to an electric police after she plucked a cauliflower from his farmland at Sarasapasi village under the Champua police limits in Keonjhar district.
As per reports, victim Subhadra Mahanta had taken a cauliflower from her younger son Satrughna’s farmland and consumed the vegetable.
Later, Satrughna quarreled with his mother over the matter. The incident took a violent turn when he tied the elderly woman to an electric police in the village and thrashed her mercilessly.
When villagers tried to stop him from this barbaric act, he threatened them with dire consequences.
On being informed, police reached the spot, rescued the woman and admitted her to the Basudevpur Community Health Centre for treatment.
